New Eden

At the speed reviews come out, this is ancient allready. However as opposed to my lenghty S2 ep1 review. This is shorter. I saw the name Frakes. I saw all approx. 750 ep and 13 movies over 40y. Knowing that Mr. Frakes helmed it. Gives a definite feel of ST TNG to it. Themed after his IMO 10/10 ST First Contact. Sense of humor included. This is the best ep of Discovery yet, Neo Mudd close behind. DOES feel like a Star Trek old school ep. Only to be matched by a certain Alien that might be as surprising as a The Q, The Borgs or Species 8472...

The best episode so far, although the previous one was equally good. Anson Mount is making Pike his own character and steals every scene that he is in. Jonathan Frakes continues to prove his Direction skills and love for Star Trek continues. Hopefully he will be directing more episodes soon.

I couldn't believe it when the credits started to roll that it had ended. I honestly was so transfixed on the screen. I loved this episode. Overall, a good series. But this season has taken it up a notch with regards to production value, production design, VFX, and now, the storyline. Hope I didn't jinx it, and it keeps getting better!

Two episodes in, and I'm digging this season of Discovery. I hope in the future they give a bigger episode count for a season to have stories like this - just pure exploration and how the crew is faced with dilemmas like obeying Starfleet protocol vs being humanist.

Loved it! More of this please!

The first season had its strengths, but for every strength it seemed to have at least one deep flaw. Lorca wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but two episodes in with the arrival of Captain Pike, the exploratory tone of the show for which many Trekkies like myself flocked to The Orville is all but restored.

Exploratory missions to seek out new life and new civilizations, the main element that makes Star Trek Star Trek, are back. This episode had an excellent pure-Trek Prime Directive centered story, great acting, great writing, great direction (let's face it, anything Jonathan Frakes directs turns to pure gold), and an interesting moral complex.

Anson Mount is just an incredible addition to this cast, perfectly cast as Captain Pike. With Pike's leadership style on the bridge plus Saru finally gaining confidence to command it is beginning to feel more like an ensemble cast than a show revolving around Michael Burnham. I feel like that is exactly what this show needs, and with Kurtzman at the helm Discovery and Star Trek in general is moving in the right direction.